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 Greeks feel economy is not strong |
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| Greece might be a member of the eurozone, and therefore partner to some of the world's biggest economies, but three out of four Greeks do not believe that their country has a strong economy.
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| Stadiou St: The missing facelift |
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| Last week, the fire brigade received an urgent call about a blaze in one of the capital's most noble ruins, the neoclassical Athenogenes Mansion, near the Omonia end of Stadiou Street.
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| Clinic staff jailed over bed blaze |
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| Three Kavala psychiatrists have been handed suspended jail sentences for manslaughter after a local court found them responsible for leaving a schizophrenic unsupervised in an isolation ward where he set himself on fire, suffering fatal burns.
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| Olympics to be bearably hot |
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| While Athens is on average marginally hotter than previous Olympic host cities, low humidity and fresh northerly winds mean the capital will be cooler than Atlanta and about as warm as Barcelona...
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| Pop star Sakis Rouvas... |
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Pop star Sakis Rouvas (c), Greece's entrant for the 2004 Eurovision song contest, performs during a rehearsal...
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| Athens runners to take over center tomorrow |
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| The heart of Athens will be out-of-bounds to motorists and public transport for most of tomorrow morning, due to an annual open footrace in which some 30,000 people are expected to take part.
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IN BRIEF |
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Romanian mother, 40, in hospital after binning newborn infant
: A 40-year-old Romanian woman, who allegedly abandoned her newborn baby in a garbage dumpster... |
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Police arrest two suspects, probe another three for December explosion
: Attica police said yesterday that they had arrested two people and were investigating another three... |
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Ferry delayed for two hours at Piraeus
: A passenger ferry destined for Syros, Tinos and Myconos was delayed at Piraeus for two hours yesterday... |
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Olympic advertising
: Greek local government officials have signed a 5.9-million-euro contract with an American advertising agency... |
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Pharos interchange
: Public Works Minister Giorgos Souflias is due tomorrow to officially open the lane for Athens-bound traffic... |
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Church on Iraq
: Archbishop Christodoulos called for the return of peace and stability to Iraq in a written statement... |
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Mountain-biking
: An international mountain bike race is taking place at the foot of Mount Parnitha today and tomorrow... |
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Anti-Olympic rally
: Hundreds of demonstrators marched through central Athens yesterday to protest at US involvement... |
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Forged euros
: Police in Serres yesterday arrested three men, aged 22, 30 and 52, after confiscating a total of 52 forged 50-euro notes... |
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Prince Charles
: Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, yesterday flew back to Britain following a four-day stay... |
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